From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.
-Salman Rushdie
"The Satanic Verses"
Quotations
God
God laughs when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each other, ‘This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa "Ramakrishna Paramahamsa"
He who trusts in God and makes an honest living to share with others and injures no one, nor harbours ill will against another need perform no other rituals.
-A Spiritual Leader "Guru Tegh Bahadur"
Offer your gratitude to God. Then you will feel that inside you a sweet, fragrant and beautiful flower is growing. That is the flower of humility.
-Sri Chinmoy "Sri Chinmoy"
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
-Mother Teresa
The only God worth talking about is a God that cannot be talked about.
-Walter Kaufmann
When did I realise I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realised I was talking to myself.
-Peter O’toole "Peter O’Toole"
If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.
-Woody Allen
The concept of "God" has come into existence because of fear. ‘Fear’ is the
offspring of insecurity and desire... The interesting part is, you don't need either
of these after death.
-Deep Trivedi
Any kind of creation and the ability to create is the proof of closeness to God.
-Deep Trivedi
